Films

"Demon" a.k.a. "Devil" is a 2010 American supernatural horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle and written by Brian Nelson based on a story by M. Night Shyamalan. The film stars Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Geoffrey Arend, Bojana Novakovic, Jenny O'Hara and Bokeem Woodbine. Devil was released on September 17, 2010, and is the first of The Night Chronicles trilogy, which involves the supernatural within modern urban society. However, as of 2014, no plans to continue the trilogy have materialized.

"Demon" a.k.a. "Asuran" is a 1995 Tamil language film directed by Velu Prabhakaran and written by R. K. Selvamani. The film features Arun Pandian and Roja in lead roles whilst Radharavi, Napoleon and Senthil play supporting roles. Mansoor Ali Khan reprised his role of Veerabhadran from Captain Prabhakaran.

Game

"Demon" is a monochrome vector arcade game from Rock-Ola that was created in 1982. The premise was that the player must fly his space shuttle around the screen collecting the crystals to keep the ship's laser powered.

developer: Rock-Ola

genre: Shooter game

publisher: Rock-Ola

released in 1982 (34 years ago)

Characters

Demon a.k.a. Pazuzu is the main antagonist in The Exorcist horror novels and film series, created by William Peter Blatty. Blatty derived the character from Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, where Pazuzu was considered the king of the demons of the wind, and the son of the god Hanbi. In The Exorcist Pazuzu appears as a demon who possesses Regan MacNeil.

Group

Demon is an English rock/metal group, formed in 1979 by vocalist Dave Hill and guitarist Mal Spooner, both hailing from Leek, Staffordshire. They are considered an important band in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

albums: "The Plague", "British Standard Approved", "Night of the Demon / The Unexpected Guest", "Night of the Demon", "Taking the World by Storm", "The Best of Demon Volume One", "The Unexpected Guest", "Heart of Our Time", "One Helluva Night", "Breakout", "Blow-Out", "Hold On to the Dream", "Wonderland", "Anthology", "Liar", "Demon", "Tonight (The Hero Is Back)", "Unbroken", "Better the Devil You Know", "Spaced Out Monkey"

nomination: 2001 - nominated to MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Act

Business

Demon is a record label.

Places

The Demon is a multi-looping roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois in the Chicago area and California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. Both coasters opened in 1976 as Turn of the Century and were heavily rethemed and renamed as Demon in 1980.

also known as The Demon

Demon is a stratovolcano located at the northern end of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.

Miscellanea

Demon: A demon, daemon or fiend, is a supernatural, often malevolent being prevalent in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology and folklore. The original Greek word daimon does not carry the negative connotation initially understood by implementation of the Koine δαιμόνιον, and later ascribed to any cognate words sharing the root.

also known as 邪靈

Demon: In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, demons are the most widespread race of fiends. The demons are chaotic evil by nature, and are native to the Abyss. Demons have no true rulers, though powerful demon lords are able to gain enough power and influence to gain control over sizable armies of demonic creatures.

Demon: In the fictional Buffyverse established by Buffy and Angel, a Demon is a kind of nonhuman life form separate from the animal kingdom.

Demon a.k.a. Yacha: Set in a tumultuous period where the political scene is murky and various people fought to gain power and the throne, the young king will do anything to strengthen his shaky position in court. His childhood friend Baek Rok leads a secret military force loyal to the king, called the "Black Cloud Swords." Baek Rok lives for his king, his brother Baek Kyul and his lover Jung Yeon, but when his ambitious brother betrays him and leads him into a trap, he finds himself on the run. He becomes a slave and gladiator, eventually returning to Joseon to seek revenge.

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Sign language

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Quotes about Demon

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied. (Friedrich Nietzsche)more quotes about demon...

Scrabble value of D2E1M3O1N1

The value of this 5-letter word is 8 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.